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Safflower oil on a food label: allergens, diets and other names

Safflower oil is a kind of vegetable oil. It is not one of the allergens that labels must declare. It is vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 4,291 products, most often in savoury snacks.

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Does safflower oil contain an allergen?

Safflower oil is not one of the allergens that food labels must declare in the US, the UK, Europe or the Gulf. Open Food Facts does not link it to an allergen, and Bravoora’s label checker does not read the name as one.

Is safflower oil vegan?

Yes. Safflower oil is vegan and vegetarian: Open Food Facts records nothing from an animal in it.

VeganFits youNothing from an animal, by the Open Food Facts record.
VegetarianFits youNothing from an animal, by the Open Food Facts record.

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What other names does safflower oil have on a label?

In English safflower oil can also read “safflower vegetable oil”. On European labels it is “huile de carthame” in French, “Distelöl” in German and “aceite ce cártamo” in Spanish. The other 7 languages are listed below.

In Englishsafflower vegetable oil
French
huile de carthame
German
Distelöl, Färberdistelöl
Spanish
aceite ce cártamo
Italian
olio di semi di cartamo
Dutch
saffloerolie
Polish
olej z krokosza barwierskiego
Finnish
safloriöljy
Hungarian
pórsáfrány olaj
Romanian
ulei de șofrănel
Croatian
ulje šafranike

Which foods contain safflower oil?

Open Food Facts lists safflower oil in the ingredients of 4,291 products, most often savoury snacks, biscuits and cakes and ready meals. Most of them are sold in the United States, France and Canada.

  • Savoury snacks454
  • Biscuits and cakes354
  • Ready meals228
  • Sweets193
  • Dressings and sauces120
  • Pasta, rice and flour107

Products with it, by country of sale: United States 3,914 · France 196 · Canada 93 · Germany 24.

Counted on 13 October 2026 from the Open Food Facts product database, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where safflower oil turns up, not how much of the market it is.

What kind of ingredient is safflower oil?

Safflower oil is a kind of vegetable oil.

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An allergen is stated only when two of three checks agree: the Open Food Facts record, Bravoora’s label checker, and the ingredient’s own name or family (oat flour is oats, a cheese is milk). Every name where they disagree waits for a person to review it.

  1. Open Food Facts: Safflower oil
  2. Open Food Facts: ingredients taxonomy (names, family tree, allergen and vegan flags), ODbL
  3. Open Food Facts: product database, 4,535,553 products, read 13 October 2026, ODbL

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